the correct name is Rachel Aldrich. Comstock intermarried pretty heavy with the Aldrich family in New England. Originally Massachusetts. A year ago or so on Aldrich-L there was a flurry of messages about Rachel Aldrich and William Comstock of Rhode Island and Louisiana. The messages are still archived. Contact me if you are still interested in reading those messages W. David Samuelsen, listowner Aldrich-L and Aldridge-L Pam Wilson wrote: > > Does anyone recognize this Rachel? It sounds like she's from the Rhode > Island ALDRICH family. Please pass this along to anyone you know working > on this family. > > Thanks! > > Pam Wilson > > Subject: > RE: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. 1690 to Bertie Co. (abt 1710-1820) > to Louisiana (abt. 1820) > Date: > Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:37:32 -0500 > From: > "Catharine Vinson" <cvinson@mindspring.com> > To: > "Pam Wilson" <wilsonpam@mindspring.com> > CC: > "Joy Moore" <joydm@webtv.net> > > Pam, > I have very little on ALDRICH/ALLREDGE in some of the papers my mother > has passed on to date. This is all I've been able to piece together so > far and all dates, locations outside of Louisiana are not verified: > > Rachael ALLREDGE (b. 1750) "of New England" (possibly Rhode Island, > Massachusetts) married Guilermo Glasio Guillaum Guilermo William > COMSTOCK (b. 1750) "of New England" (possibly Rhode Island, > Massachusetts) in 1770 in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Their daughter > Helena COMSTOCK (born 1771 in Kentucky) married Joseph BERWICK of La > Badia, St. Martinville, Louisiana. I am also working from a record that > shows that Thomas BERWICK, Jr married Rachal Comstock, daughter of > William Comstock and Rachael EDWARDS, so I'm confused, since I don't > show a second marriage for William COMSTOCK. > > Rachael (ALLREDGE) and William's children I show as: Ester (b. 1770 > Rhode Island, MA); Helena (b. 1771 in Kentucky); Rachael (b. 1775 > Boston, MA); Amada Amelia Amiee COMSTOCK (b. Opelousas, LA 25 July > 1789). Rachael married Thomas BERWICK, Jr. > > Since there was no freedom of faith in Louisiana (territory of Spain at > this time), Rachael ALLREDGE and William COMSTOCK by law would have had > to convert to Roman Catholicism to marry in Mt. Martinville. William > Comstock (thus the confusion of given names) their youngest child--and > only one born in Louisiana) would have been re-named with confirmation > into Catholic faith--and show 3 given names--all assiduously documented > by the Spanish recordkeepers. The COMSTOCK line in this part of > Louisiana would have died out with Rachel and William, since they > produced no male children. Their daugher Rachael (born in Boston) > married Thomas BERWICK, Jr., (born in Louisiana) the line I'm focusing > on to the point of myopia. > > Anglo-Americans (exclusive of Acadian exiles) were *extremely* scarce in > this part of Louisiana in the 1770s and the migration of MA>LA>KY>MA>LA) > is interesting to me since it occurs in a limited time span (1750-1789). > It's not river trade because of the Massachusetts tie, and I don't find > NW Florida/Louisiana which would indicate fur trade. Since two sons of > Thomas BERWICK (Joseph and Thomas Jr. married daughers of Rachael > ALLREDGE and William COMSTOCK, I'm especially interested in following > these lines to try and find if there is a link between the first Thomas > Berwick in Louisiana (via Charleston, SC), etc. BERWICK had planned to > settle in Natchez Mississippi area after his marriage to Helena > WALLIS/WALLACE in Charleston, S.C., but Gov. Galvez (Spanish Territory, > based in Cuba) sent him to the Attakapas District of South Louisiana to > supervise construction of New Iberia and survey/layout Opelousas. It's > my conjecture based on family letters, etc. that he spent a good bit of > effort trying to persuade, entice, etc. family friends, relations, and > connections to make the move with him. He had ties to Natchez that were > maintained through intermarriage for at least > two generations of which I am aware. As the surveyor for the Spanish > government, he would have been able to facilitate grants of land > patents, and this may have been the motivation for others to join him to > spend time in what was then a very primitive area of Louisiana. Thomas > was a planter, but mostly he was an explorer--some sources cite him as > the first Anglo settler west of the Mississippi. I am trying to > determine who he enticed to join him in hopes that it will help me as I > try to figure out something about the family of the woman he married in > South Carolina: Helena Eleanora Birgitta WALES/WALLIS/WALLACE. She > "shows up" at the age of 4 in Pennsacola (Spanish territory) in 1752; > born in Dublin but of the WALLACE clan of Elismore, Glascow, Scotland. > I'm hoping I can find a trace of her in a sibling who may have married > into one of the BERWICK and allied family lines. She was a fascinating > woman, and her memory deserves to know something of her family's origins > she married into the BERWICK family. BERWICK was English, not > Scots/Irish and that is a whole other interesting puzzle of why an > Englishman was granted the warrant as surveyor for the Spanish > government in Spain's territory in North America. English/Spanish > relations were far from friendly at the time! > > Does any of this make any sense? I am starting from scratch on ALLREDGE. > A family member in Texas who has a good bit of experience in tracking > the family in Louisiana tells me that the ALLREDGE shows as both ALDRICH > and ALLREDGE in her papers. I will send her the name of your ISHAM > ARLEDGE and see if she can help. Several members of the VINSON line > (also off BERWICK line) in Louisiana were in Mecklenburg Co NC at the > time period you mention. > > Sorry for such a long note; I'm running on at the mouth today! > > Catharine > cvinson@mindspring.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pam Wilson [mailto:wilsonpam@mindspring.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 12:15 PM > To: cvinson@mindspring.com > Cc: Joy Moore > Subject: Re: [EFSS] BASS - NC (?) abt. 1690 to Bertie Co. (abt > 1710-1820) to Louisiana (abt. 1820) > > Catharine-- > > First, thanks for your very specific subject header. That really helps! > > Second--I'm very intrigued by your ALDRICH reference. One of the family > connections I'm having trouble making is connecting the branch of the > ARLEDGE family (often confused by census takers with ALDRICH and > ALDRIDGE) who came to MS and then to LA about the same time period as > your BASS family. In fact, I believe that several of these surnames you > mention married into that ARLEDGE family down the line (LYONS, VINSON, > BASS). > > I have been trying to link this person, ISHAM ARLEDGE, back to the > "main" Arledge family trunk. He may have been in Mecklenburg Co NC in > 1790 census, and seems to have been in Edgefield Dist SC in 1800 census. > Then he appears in 1813 Marion Co MS and 1816 Pike Co MS. Don't know > where he was in 1820 but in 1830 he's in Claiborne Parish LA. Land > records show that he and probably his sons William and Isaac Arledge > were in that area all during the 1830s, along with a probable son John. > > If you can let me know about the ALDRICH connections you've found, and > if this sounds like a possible parallel family to yours, let me know. > > Pam > > ************************************* > Pam Wilson > wilsonpam@mindspring.com > Marietta, GA > > List Administrator, EFSS-L (Early Families in Southern States), > HOLBERT-L and LAWLER-L through Rootsweb.com > > Associate list administrator, Arledge/Aldridge list (arledge@tx3.com) > > Coordinator, Arledge Family History Project > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/8208 > > Catharine Vinson wrote: > > > > If anyone has any BASS (Drewry, Jeremiah, John, Mose are given names I > > have noted) in their lines that went from NC (first date I have is abt > > 1690) to Mississippi (not sure of this) to St. Landry Parish and > Rapides > > Parish, Louisiana by about 1820, I looking for links to BRYAN, > BERWICK, > > LYON, COMSTOCK, ALDRICH, WALLIS (WALES, WALLACE), VINSON links to BASS > > family that also ended up in Louisiana in the period of roughly 1779 > to > > 1820. > > > > Many thanks. > > Catharine Vinson > > cvinson@mindspring.com > > > > ==== EFSS Mailing List ==== > > Please send messages to EFSS-L@rootsweb.com to share research about > EARLY FAMILIES in SOUTHERN STATES in the 1600s through mid-1700s. 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